PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tamias Poochyena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tj Cummings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poochyena's entrance music is This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers. A fine choice. Cummings is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Misfits - Die Die My Darling . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Poochyena
vs
Cummings

225 cm
25
295 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

195 cm
28
307 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tamias Poochyena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tj Cummings!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poochyena misses with a straight right.
Poochyena throws the left hand but Cummings avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Cummings throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cummings swings widly with a right hand
and Poochyena counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cummings moves out of range as Poochyena strikes.
A jab from Poochyena misses.
Poochyena throws a series of punches but Cummings moves out of range.
Poochyena sizes up Cummings with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Poochyena ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cummings looks to throw the jab but Poochyena is out of range.

Poochyena forces Cummings back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Poochyena lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poochyena looking to stall.
Cummings swings wildly with an uppercut but Poochyena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poochyena trying to stall but Cummings improves his position.
Cummings tries to throw a body punch but Poochyena avoids it by throwing Cummings back against the cage.
Cummings misses with the head strike.
Poochyena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tj Cummings has been cut.
Cummings tries a knee to the head but Poochyena blocks it.
Poochyena trying to stall but Cummings improves his position.
Poochyena fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poochyena gets through Cummings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cummings scores with a shoulder strike.
Cummings takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poochyena stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummings misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poochyena fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Poochyena.

Cummings pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poochyena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cummings manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cummings lands a lovely overhand right.
Poochyena slips under a jab.

Poochyena rushes Cummings and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poochyena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cummings blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Cummings.
Cummings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poochyena lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena throws a head punch that misses.
Cummings wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poochyena blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cummings creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cummings is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Poochyena breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poochyena staying out of range there.
Cummings misses with a lunging right hand
and Poochyena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poochyena tries to clinch there but Cummings circles away.
Cummings takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Poochyena throws a poor cross that misses

and Cummings counters with a head kick that drops Poochyena - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Poochyena is trying to stand up here but Cummings is controlling him well.
Cummings throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Poochyena to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cummings trying to control but Poochyena is working from the bottom.
Poochyena wants to get back to his feet but Cummings is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cummings throwing strikes from guard but Poochyena blocks nicely.
Cummings throws a big right hand that misses.
Cummings working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cummings tries to free his leg and advance position but Poochyena is retaining full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poochyena keeping moving, preventing Cummings from controlling successfully.
Cummings throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Poochyena works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tj Cummings will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tj Cummings's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Poochyena lands with a cross.
Cummings slips under a jab from Poochyena.
Cummings displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Poochyena throws out the jab.
Poochyena lands a glancing blow to the side of Cummings's head.
Cummings checks a leg kick nicely.
Cummings misses with a hook
and Poochyena counters with a nice uppercut.
Poochyena connects with a single shot there.

That has opened up Tj Cummings's cut even more.
Poochyena lands the left hand.
Cummings is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Poochyena misses with a straight right.
Poochyena moves out of range as Cummings strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Poochyena.
A telegraphed right hand from Cummings misses the target.
Poochyena tries to clinch up but Cummings circles away and keeps his distance.
Cummings throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poochyena sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Poochyena closes the distance and clinches.
Poochyena wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cummings misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cummings.
Poochyena keeps control of Cummings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Cummings's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cummings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poochyena lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena effectively controlling the action here.
Poochyena trying to control the position but instead, Cummings has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poochyena into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poochyena.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cummings misses with a knee to the head.
Poochyena slowing the pace effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cummings tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cummings working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Poochyena manages to break the clinch.
Poochyena takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummings throws a low kick but Poochyena avoids it.
Poochyena fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cummings looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Poochyena throws the left hand but Cummings avoids the punch easily.
Poochyena scores with a three punch combo!
Cummings has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cummings there as he acknowledges the shot.
Poochyena is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cummings walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cummings displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Poochyena throws out the jab.
Poochyena lands with an uppercut that bounces Cummings off the cage and back into range.
Cummings scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poochyena lands with an uppercut that bounces Cummings off the cage and back into range.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poochyena steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cummings.
A big left from Cummings misses.
Cummings missing with a left hand there. Poochyena was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cummings throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Poochyena counter with a right hand.
Poochyena jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poochyena misses with a straight right.
Poochyena moves away from the strike by Cummings.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tamias Poochyena dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tj Cummings's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Poochyena throws out a powerful jab.
Poochyena is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Poochyena is looking to clinch but Cummings is avoiding it.
Cummings misses with a left hand

and Poochyena counters by moving into the clinch.
Poochyena swings wildly with an uppercut but Cummings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poochyena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poochyena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cummings misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poochyena.

Cummings breaks from the clinch.
Cummings walks into a jab.

The cut above Tj Cummings's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Poochyena is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cummings takes one on the button.

Tj Cummings's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Poochyena does it's job there.
Cummings throws a hook to the side of Poochyena's head but Poochyena sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poochyena ducks under a wild hook from Cummings.
Cummings circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poochyena connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cummings. Cummings circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tj Cummings's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tamias Poochyena!
An out of breath Tamias Poochyena thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.